English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Kirby's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Drax

Historical Forms

  • Kirkby 17,18 PRClt

Etymology

, named from the local family of Kirkby (17, 18 PRCltpassim ) .